- 1recapture something to win back a place, position, etc. that was previously taken from you by an enemy or a rival Government troops soon recaptured the island.
- 2recapture somebody/something to catch a person or an animal that has escaped
- 3recapture something to bring back a feeling or repeat an experience that you had in the past He was trying to recapture the happiness of his youth.
recapture
verbNAmE//ˌriˈkæptʃər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they recapture he / she / it recaptures
past simple recaptured
-ing form recapturing
the recapture of towns occupied by the rebelsSee recapture in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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